Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Jamaica)Hello, hi

Examples

1650 sentences
  1. I respect my teacher very much.

    Я дуже поважаю свого учителя. — deniko

    ruЯ очень уважаю своего учителя. — Lenin_1917

  2. Tom deserves to be treated with respect.

    Том заслуговує поваги. — bicolino34

  3. I expect you to treat Tom with respect.

    Я розраховую, що ти будеш ставитися до Тома з повагою. — deniko

    deIch erwarte von dir, dass du achtungsvoll mit Tom umgehst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I have a lot of respect for you.

    Я тебе дуже поважаю. — deniko

    ruЯ испытываю к тебе большое уважение. — marafon

  5. Tom has a lot of respect for his teachers.

    Том дуже поважає своїх учителів. — deniko

Origin

From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit (“respect, regard, consi

From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit (“respect, regard, consideration”), from Latin respectus (“a looking at, regard, respect”), perfect passive participle of respiciō (“look at, look back upon, respect”), from re- (“back”) + speciō (“to see”), equivalent to re- + -spect. Doublet of respite.

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Collocations

12 patterns
  • treated with respect
  • lot of respect
  • is respected by
  • of respect for
  • respect each other
  • have to respect
  • well respected
  • need to respect
  • is well respected
  • is a respected
  • respect each
  • respected men

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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